Luka Pavlovic (born 30 March 2000) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 184 achieved on 21 July 2025 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 317 achieved on 16 March 2026.
Career
2016: Turned professional Pavlovic turned pro in 2016 on the International Tennis Federation Tour.Pavlovic ITF Overview
2021: First ITF title In September, Pavlovic won his first ITF title in Pirot, Serbia, defeating Cezar Cretu in the final.
2024: First Challenger final In September, Pavlovic reached his first Challenger in Sibiu, losing to fellow countryman and third seed Valentin Royer in the final.
2025: Two Challenger finals, top 200 In April, Pavlovic reached his second final at the Challenger 125 in Mexico City as an alternate, losing to Felipe Meligeni Alves in the final.
In May, Pavlovic made his Grand Slam qualifying debut at the French Open, losing in the first round to Tomás Barrios Vera. In June, Pavlovic participated in the qualifying competition at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. He defeated Tristan Boyer in the first round, then James Trotter in the second round before ultimately losing to Beibit Zhukayev in the final qualifying round.
In June, Pavlovic reached his third Challenger final at the 2025 Ion Țiriac Challenger, without dropping a set on the way, before losing to Francesco Maestrelli in the final. As a result he reached the top 200 in the singles rankings on 14 July 2025.
2026: ATP & Major debuts, Maiden Challenger titles In February, Pavlovic made his ATP Tour debut as a qualifier at the ABN AMRO Open. He lost to Botic van de Zandschulp in the first round. In March, Pavlovic won his maiden Challenger doubles title in Kigali, pairing with Stefan Latinović.
In May ranked No. 240, Pavlovic made his Grand Slam debut at the 2026 French Open as a qualifier. He lost to 28th seed João Fonseca in the first round.
In July, Pavlovic won his maiden Challenger single final at the Open Castilla y León in Segovia, Spain, defeating compatriot Matteo Martineau in the final.
Personal life Pavlovic is of Serbian descent.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament20252026SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ10 / 00–0French OpenQ11R0 / 10–1WimbledonQ3Q20 / 00–0US OpenQ1Q20 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–10 / 10–1
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger (1–3)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Sibiu Open, RomaniaChallengerClay Valentin Royer4–6, 0–6Loss0–2 Mexico City Open, MexicoChallengerClay Felipe Meligeni Alves3–6, 3–6Loss0–3Ion Țiriac Challenger, RomaniaChallengerClay Francesco Maestrelli6–7(7–9), 4–6Win1–3Open Castilla y León, SpainChallengerClay Matteo Martineau6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Doubles: 1 (title) LegendATP Challenger (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Rwanda Challenger II, RwandaChallengerClay Stefan Latinović Siddhant Banthia Alexander Donski7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)
ITF Tour finals
Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (6–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (6–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0M15 Pirot, SerbiaWTTClay Cezar Crețu6–2, 6–2Loss1–1M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, SerbiaWTTHard Martyn Pawelski4–6, 1–6Win2–1M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, SerbiaWTTClay Dušan Obradović6–2, 6–2Win3–1M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, SerbiaWTTClay Andrej Nedić7–5, 3–1 ret.Loss3–2M15 Poreč, CroatiaWTTClay Sandro Kopp3–6, 2–6Win4–2M25 Kuršumlijska Banja, SerbiaWTTClay Adam Heinonen6–3, 6–2Loss4–3M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, SerbiaWTTClay Petar Jovanović4–6, 0–2 ret.Win5–3M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, SerbiaWTTClay Peter Fajta7–6(7–5), 6–1Win6–3M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, SerbiaWTTClay Dušan Obradović6–3, 6–2
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